Day 28

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

According to the Associated Press, the NHL fined Steve Belkin, one of the new owners of the Atlanta Thrashers, $250,000 on Tuesday for saying the league would use replacement players next year if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't reached. Belkin, who made the comments to the Boston Herald, said in a statement he "deeply regrets" the comments, "which were my personal, uninformed views."